Vincenzo Toppi

Vincenzo (Vinni) Toppi is a partner with CohnReznick Advisory’s Restructuring and Dispute Resolution Practice. He conducts internal investigations, fraud examinations, contract compliance and testing, royalty audits, and computer forensic services on behalf of CohnReznick clients, focusing in areas that involve misappropriation of funds or assets, asset tracing and recovery, insider and third-party transfers, and insolvency analysis.

Active in numerous fraud and forensic accounting investigations, Vinni is a senior member of the NHL/NHL Players Association engagement team where he is involved in the analyses of individual teams’ reporting for compliance within the financial terms of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA). He has significant experience investigating compliance with royalty and revenue sharing arrangements.

Experience and Credentials

• Assist major sports league with testing and analyses of league's individual teams’ reporting for compliance with financial terms of the collective bargaining agreement
• Financial advisor to debtor for St. Francis Hospital (Poughkeepsie), a 333-bed hospital and trauma center that treated more than 125,000 patients annually and employed roughly 2,000 employees. Assisted with the formulation of a plan of reorganization, a sale of the company assets and the retention of services and employees.  Bankruptcy case was recognized as M&A Advisor’s Restructuring Deal of the Year for 2014 ($10 million – $100 million)
• Helped a commercial real estate developer reconstruct over six years of books and records and conduct an internal investigation of employee misconduct
• Conducted testing of third-party manufacturing costs and verified contract compliance for an international pharmaceutical company. Identified overbilling in excess of 44%
• Assisted a medical device manufacturing company by conducting a computer forensic examination and internal investigation of employee misconduct, recovering deleted company files and providing dispute resolution services
• Provided financial advisory services to the Committee of Unsecured Creditors for New England Motor Freight, a $350 million trucking and logistics company. Bankruptcy case was recognized as M&A Advisor’s Restructuring Deal of the Year for 2020 ($25 million – $50 million)
• Co-author and editorial board member for The General Counsel’s Guide to Government Investigations, published by GICLI.